Day: October 13, 2005

What is a package? What is the first step to making a package with PackageMaker? Describe the contents of an installation package that can be created with PackageMaker.

A package is a bundled file used by the Installer to install a specific piece of software. First step: Create…

Describe the authentication that is available for various file service protocols: AFP, SMB, NFS, FTP/SFTP? Which protocol supports which kind of authentication? Which file sharing protocols are browsable by which service discovery protocols? Is the authentication sent encrypted? Is the data encrypted?

AFP – authentication is normally encrypted; data is not encrypted; browsable via Bonjour & SLP SMB – authentication is normally…

Describe the different options configured on Mac OS X Server 10.4 when configuring AFP and what they do (Where is this configured and enabled?). Describe the options available for a particular sharepoint. What is the difference between POSIX permissions and inherited permissions?

Describe the different levels of logging and logging options for AFP in Mac OS X Server 10.4? Can you log ownership and permissions changes? Can you log failed log-in attempts?

Note that AFP keeps an Access Log and an Error log. You can enable/disable the Access Log entirely (Server Admin->AFP->…

If you are an OS X administrator and are configuring your /Network, where is this done and what does this affect for users logging in?

This is for user accounts which are being managed such that when the user logs in they see a custom…

What choices are you presented with for configuring Open Directory in Server Assistant?

Standard Connected to directory system Open Directory master (you cannot configure a Replica in Server Assistant)

Describe how to use Access Control lists, how they interact with Owner & Group permissions? Can an owner of a file change the ACL while connected over AFP? What is the Effective Permissions Inspector?

Files and folders are set with POSIX permissions and, if enabled on the volume, can also have File Access Control…

Describe the managed preferences order priority. Scenario is: dock positioned on one side for user, other side for group, bottom for computer. Describe the behavior of what happens when a remote user logs in with managed preferences. What takes priority and how does the OS handle this for preferences that are override?

For managed preferences where the user, group, and computer have different preferences managed, the behavior for each preference is either:…

In OX X Server 10.4, what does FTP support on-the-fly? (encrypt, decrypt, encode, decode, etc…) What is commonly done together and what is not supported?

encode — this has to do with the files with Resource forks (from mac OS 9 typically) which get encoded…

Does OX X Server 10.4 implementation on FTP support CRAM-MD5 and what is CRAM-MD5?

Not supported by FTP. FTP can authenticate Clear text or kerberos